Excerpt from the Time cover story, How Gay Marriage: … (N)o matter what the Justices decide after withdrawing behind their velvet curtain, the courtroom debate — and the period leading up to it — made clear that we have all been eyewitnesses to history. In recent days, weeks and months, the verdict on same-sex marriage [...]
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Queer Talk: “DOMA is in Trouble,” Analysis, Audio and Transcript
The recap of today’s arguments before the Supreme Court is summarized by Lyle Denniston, at SCOTUS Blog: “DOMA is in trouble.” Read the court transcript here, at Freedom to Marry. Go here, to Mother Jones, for the audio. From Denniston: (emphasis added) If the Supreme Court can find its way through a dense procedural thicket, [...]
Queer Talk: Sen. Kay Hagan Joins the Pro-Marriage Equality Crowd
And the list of those expressing support for marriage equality continues to grow. Today, via News Observer and Freedom to Marry, it’s Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC). Yesterday she was on a list of ten Democratic senators who had not done so. Huffington Post described them as those “who have yet to embrace the right of [...]
Queer Talk: Marriage Equality Day 2 in Court, Focus on DOMA *UPDATED*
UPDATE III Oral arguments have ended. From Freedom to Marry: Audio from Windsor v. United States will be released later this afternoon. Until then, we heard from Edie and her attorneys immediately after they left the Supreme Court. During the press conference, Edie spoke out about what this case means for her emotionally. She said, [...]
Queer Talk: Prop 8 SCOTUS Argument Audio, Transcript, Analysis *UPDATED*
UPDATE A few more of the many stories, analyses and commentaries out today: From Good As You, Jon Tester (D-MI) came out today in support of marriage equality. That leaves only nine or ten senate Democrats who have yet to embrace history’s right side. At Talking Points Memo, “Supreme Court Sharply Divided On Whether States [...]
Top Story — Queer Talk: Marriage Equality Day in Court, Prop 8 Focus *UPDATED*
UPDATE III Press release from Freedom to Marry: Today, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8. The Court is considering whether Proposition 8 violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Enacted in [...]
Queer Talk: Will Portman, Son of Sen. Rob Portman, Writes About “Coming Out”
At this point, just about everything being said and written about LGBTs is tied, directly or indirectly, to the SCOTUS hearings – tomorrow, it’s California’s Proposition 8; Wednesday, the Defense of Marriage Act is up. What follows is one person’s coming out story, and it’s related to a Republican senator who recently “came out” in [...]
Queer Talk: Karl Rove Says 2016 GOP Presidential Candidate “Could” Support “Gay Marriage”
That was interesting. Yesterday, Karl Rove, via Business Insider, on ABC’s “This Week,” was asked: Karl Rove, can you imagine the next presidential campaign, a Republican candidate saying flat out I am for gay marriage?’ ABC host George Stephanopoulos asked him. ‘I could,’ Rove said. Rove was asked about this week’s Supreme Court hearings related [...]
Queer Talk: Next Week SCOTUS Considers Marriage Equality [VIDEO]
The build-up to next week’s Prop 8 and DOMA cases being heard at the Supreme Court really is unlike anything I’ve seen in the world of Queerdom – among other things, significant mainstream coverage, daily releases from multiple organizations and projects, and the “evolution” of Electeds, on Left and Right, are indications that something important [...]
Queer Talk: NBC News – Obama Administration Will File Brief Opposing Prop 8
NBC News is reporting that the Obama administration will file a brief in support of marriage equality. The Justice Department will urge the U.S. Supreme Court to allow same-sex marriage to resume in California, wading into the protracted legal battle over Proposition 8 and giving gay-rights advocates a new court ally. The Supreme Court will [...]
Queer Talk: Laura Bush Objects and Barack Obama Waits (VIDEOS) *Update*
(UPDATE at end) I did wonder when I first saw the ad campaign launched by The Respect for Marriage Coalition, pushing for marriage equality, if the four people featured in the video ad knew about it. The quotes by all four – Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Laura Bush and Colin Powell – are all from [...]
Queer Talk: Respect for Marriage Coalition Ad Campaign Features Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Laura Bush and Colin Powell (VIDEO)
There’s no doubt the push for marriage equality is in full gear, with the SCOTUS hearings related to DOMA and Prop 8 next month a key factor. The Respect for Marriage Coalition, among others, is focusing on the “bipartisan” support for equality, as shown in recent polling. They released that information yesterday. Today, they announced [...]
Queer Talk: SCOTUS to Hear DOMA, Prop 8 Cases in March
The marriage equality arguments and actions continue, at federal and state levels. When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear DOMA and Prop 8 cases, it didn’t stop state level actions, which remain very important. But Jeremy Hooper, at Good As You has a very good point regarding the Justices: “These nine people may soon [...]
Queer Talk: George Will, Mary Matalin See ‘Consensus’ and ‘Common Sense’ in Support of Marriage Equality (VIDEO)
Yesterday two conservative “pundits” made statements about “same-sex marriage” that were in themselves signs of the growing support for marriage equality. George Will and Mary Matalin made their comments on ABC’s “This Week.” The discussion occurred related to the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Prop 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act cases, and came [...]
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